China allows you to ‘replace’ your kid that was killed in the quake.

Posted by bruni on August 24, 2008

My God. China is so evil. That government is so bad. I can’t believe how people have sold there souls to the Chinese government.

I mean, what a great bunch of guys. They build the schools so substandard that they fall down in a quake where other shacks are left standing.
Then the government gives you permission to replace your lost valuables (under there one child policy) that you lost in the quake.

That is so fucking wrong.
But I think it paints a pretty accurate picture of how the Chinese government views there citizens. There citizens are commodities. Nothing else.
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Conservatives keep claiming that Obama will ruin the economy…

Posted by bruni on August 20, 2008

…yet when you point to Clinton’s success, they’re quick to remind you that the president can’t directly influence the economy, it’s highly cyclical, and he rode a tech boom.

If the first two are accurate, then Obama can’t “ruin” the economy. If he can, then clearly Obama has the opportunity to be just as successful.

Which story do you guys want to stick to…?

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Moderators picked for the presidential debates

Posted by bruni on August 19, 2008

DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 8/5/08 11:31:52 AM ET: Presidential debate moderators: Jim Leherer of PBS, Tom Brokaw of NBC, Gwen Ifill of PBS and Bob Scheiffer of CBS… Developing…

the 04 debates had:
1. September 30 at the University of Miami, with questions from moderator Jim Lehrer of PBS;
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